Nice to see you all again! Making a spring style beaded bracelet is a fun and popular jewelry-making project. This step-by-step tutorial will teach you everything you need to know to make it with electroplate glass and seed beads.

Which at 59 I'm definitely not, but 'When I am old, I will wear purple' well at least I used to embrace that poem, but then it got adopted by the red hats and I kind of lost interest. But I must say I do like the purple. When I arrived at the salon today for a little color I had teal in mind, but since teal was out of stock, I opted for the purple and I like it. I'm off to Cherry Hill New Jersey where I will teach a fairly large group of seed beaders, first Dancing Light and then En Pointe…

Bead weaving patterns and projects in issues of Bead-Patterns the Magazine.

Blues are slated to be big this Fall, and I love the shades Pantone includes in their Fall Color Report, especially when paired with the trendy neutral, Aluminum. Classic blues and silver-grays were the colors I chose to work with for today's A Time to Stitch Challenge hosted by Christine Altmiller and Therese Frank. Our challenge was to take one stitch and make three designs with it, changing up the beads in each - either the size, color, shape or finish. The purpose of our exercise was to…

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Download free pattern for beaded bracelet Princess Crown. Beginner can also work on this project. The diagram is simple and easy to follow. Pdf format is availible!

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At some point in my beading history I was using right angle weave (RAW) on a daily basis without even realizing it. True enough I wasn’t using seed beads back then, I made my jewelry more wit…